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Patented Aug. .30, 196@ tice 2,950,720 WINDOW AND METHOD F ASSEMBLING Charles R. Haas, Jr., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, assignor to The Chas. Haas Company, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Filed Jan. 29, 1958, Ser. No.. 711,822 9 Claims. (Cl. 189-77) 'Ihis invention relates Ito windows and to methods of assembly, and, more particularly, to a pane -and frame combination wherein a plurality of corrugated plastic panes are adapted to be mounted in side-by-side relation.

It is the general object of my invention to provide an improved combination of a window frame and panes characterized by simplicity and inexpensiveness of mounting the panes in the frame, durability and long life of the completed combination, and the ability -to mount panes of the corrugated type made of Fiberglas and plastic.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a combination of the character described wherein the lmounting `of the panes in the frame is facilitated by utilizing -a stabbing operation of one edge of the panes into the frame followed by a swinging of the opposite edge of `the pane into alignment with the frame and a dropping of the second edge of the pane into the frame without the rst edge of the pane being removed from the frame.

The foregoing objects of my invention, and other objects which will be apparent as the description proceeds, are achieved by the provision of the combination in a window of a plurality of panes overlapped laterally, a metal frame surrounding the panes and having a U-shape in cross section and engaging the edges of the panes around the sides and the top, the frame at the bottom of the panes having a J-shap'e in cross section and engaging the edges of the panes, the depth of the U-shaped groove at the upper edge of lthe frame being somewhat greater than twice the height of the short leg of thev J-shaped frame and with the upper edge of being spaced from the bottom of the groove of the upper edge of the frame a distance about equal -to the height of the short leg of the J-shaped frame, and means sealing the edges of the panes in the frame.

the panes Usually the panes are `of corrugated shape and are v made from Fiberglas reinforced plastic, and the means sealing the edges of the p'anes in the frame are a nonhardening plastic material. To reinforce the overlapping areas of the panes a metal bar is generally provided between the bottom and the top edges of the frame behind each lateral overlapping of the panes. To improve the seal at the bottom edge of the frame a triangular recess is associated with the bottom of the groove in the J-shaped frame.

For a better understanding of my invention, reference should be had to the accompany-ing drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partially broken away, of one embodiment of the window assembly of the invention; i

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1, and on an enlarged scale and showing details of the head of the frame;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, and taken on line 3-3 lof Figure 1 and showing details of the sill of the frame;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken substantially on lline 4--4 of Figure l and showing details 2 of the mullion between swing tion; and

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken on line 5 5 of Figure 1 and showing details of the vertical brace between laterally overlapping panes.V

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates generally a frame having a bottom 12, sides 14 and a top 16. The bottomport-ion 12 of the frame may be described as generally U-shaped but more particularly as comprising a J-shaped member 18 having `one leg 20 about half the 'length of the second leg 22. Associated with the bottom of the J-shaped member 18 is a triangular recess 24 adapted to receive plastic sealing material 26 of a non-hardening type. For-example, the material 26 is preferably a polybutane base material containing fibrous asbestos, but Ihaving -a permanent elasticity and less than one percent shrinkage by volume. The bottom frame member 12 has a horizontally extending ange 2S and an integral front `or facing flange Sti adapted to extend down and engage with an angle 32 Isecured to a building and defining the window sill or opening.

The upper frame member 16 includes a downwardly directed U-shaped channel portion 34 having a depth about twice the effective height of the leg 20 and about equal to the height of leg 22 of frame member 12. Integral wvith the frame member 16 is a flange 36 terminating in a downwardly directed edge 38 which is adapted to be received in ay frame hanger 40 secured to the downwardly directed flange of an angle iron 42 forming a part of the window opening or head of the building. Bolt means 44 secure the hanger 40 to the angle iron 42, and `also -serve to secure in place a safety clip 46 which will prevent the frame member 16 from jumping or moving out of the hanger 40, but with the clip 46 not interfering with the forward swinging movement of the window frame in order to open the window.

Figure 2 particularly illustrates that the upper edge dit of a pane 50 terminates at approximately half the depth of the channel 34, 'with the very important result that each pane 50 can be readily positioned in the frame itil by rst stabbing the upper edge 48 of each pane Sil into the uppermos channel 34 of the upper edge frame 16 and with the lower edge of the pane 50 then being swung into the plane of the frame and leg 20 of the frame member 18, and dropped down into place. As the pan-e 50 drops down into place, the upper edge 48 of the pane moves down in the channel 34 to the extent shown, but the edge does not escape from the channel. Of course, sealing material 52 of the type previously described is provided in the channel 34 to seal the upper edge of the pane 5t) in position, and the sealing material 26 seals the lower edge of the pane 5@ in the frame.

The sides 14 of the frame 10 are formed with channels 56 of U-shape, and the edges of the panes Sil received in the U-shaped channels 56 are appropriately sealed in position by sealing material `58 of the same type as material 26 and 52.

The sides or edges 14 of the frame 10 shown in Figure 4 are Aadapted to have sealing engagement with a vertically extending mullion 60 mounted between angle irons 32 and 42, and for this purpose the frame mem-- bers 14 are formed with integral channel-delining portions 62 and which make substantially sealing contact with the llanges of mullion 60 when the window frame is -in closed position, but with the entire Window frame being capable iof being lswung labout the frame hanger 40 to open the window, as previously described.

As shown in Figures 4 and 5, each pane 50l of the assembly of the invention is made corrugated, and preferably is constructed from Fiberglas reinforced plastic. ,In the form of the invention illustrated no less than three sections of the comb-inaover the short.,v

panes are mounted in each frame 10. By doing this it.

becomes possible to position the side, i.e. end panes S in the frame by the stabbing procedure already described followed by lateral movement of the edges of the side. panes 5o in the vertically directed side channels 56 of= the vertical edges ld of the frame in the manner shown, followed by the overlappingplacement of the center pane Se in the frame with the same stabbing procedure. More specilically, Vwith three panels -in each frame the two edge panels are positioned to eachv side of the frame with the heretofore described technic, and, thereafter, thecenter panel, marked 50a, is stabbed at its upper edge intol the upper channel 34 and is dropped down into place inthe lower channel 1S with pane 50 and pane 50a having the corrugations in alignment with each other as seen in Figure 5.

A vertically extending bar 66 is usually secured between the lower edge member 12 of the frame and the upper edge member i6 of the frame behind the overlapped portions of panes 5t) and Stia through which screws 67 extend into the bar 66 in the manner seen in Figure 5 to reinforce the window assembly `and to prevent lateral displacement of the several panes.

The invention has been illustrated and described in oonjunction with a window assembly which is movably mounted for opening and closing movement, but it will be recognized that the principles of the invention can be utilized in conjunction with non-movable window frame means in which a plurality of panes can be directly mounted as aforesaid.

While in accord with the patent statutes one best known embodiment of my invention has been illustrated and described in detail, it is to be particularly understood that l am not to be limited thereto or thereby, but that the scope of the invention is deined in the appended claims.

I claim:

l. The combination in -a window of a plurality of corrugated plastic panes having the ribs and grooves running vertically and with the panes being overlapped laterally, an endless metal frame surrounding the panes and having a U-shape in cross section and engaging the edges of the panes around the sides and the top, the frame at the bottom of the panes having a J-shape in cross section having a high back leg and a low front leg in cross section and engaging the edges of the panes, the depth of the U- shaped groove `at the upper edge of the frame being some- Iwhat greater than twice the height of lthe short leg of the J-shaped frame and with the upper edge of the panes being spaced from the bottom of the groove of the upper edge of the frame a distance about equal -to the height of the short leg of the `i-shaped frame and the back leg of the frame extending upwardly beyond the front leg to prevent rearward movement of the lower margin of the pane therebeyond, a triangular recess at the bottom of the groove in the J-shaped frame, a. noIlhardening plastic material sealing the edges of the panes in the frame, and a metal bar extending vertically between -the bottom and the top edges of the frame behind each lateral overlapping of the panes and parallel to the corrugations.

2. The combination in a window of a plurality of corrugated plastic panes having the ribs `and grooves running vertically and with the panes being overlapped laterally, a metal frame surrounding the panes and having ya U-shape in cross section and engaging the edges ofthe panes around the sides and the top, the frame at the bottom of the panes having a J-shape in cross section having a high back leg and a low front leg in cross section and engaging the edges of the panes, the depth of the U-shaped groove at the upper edge of the `trame being somewhat greater than twice the height of the short leg of the J-shaped frame and with the upper edge of the panes being spaced from `the bottom of the groove of the upper edge of the frame a distance about equal to the height of the short leg ofthe J-shaped frame and the back leg of the frame extending upwardly beyond the front leg to prevent rearward movement of the lower margin of the pane therebeyond, a triangular recess at the bottoml of the groove in the J-shaped frame, and a non-hardening plastic material sealing the edges of the panes in the frame.

3. The combination in a window of a plurality of corrugated plastic panes having the ribs and grooves running vertically and with the panes being overlapped laterally, a metal frame surrounding the panes and having a U-shape in cross section and engaging the edges of the panes around the sides and the top, the frame at the bottom of the panes having a J-shape in cross section having a high back leg and a low front leg in cross section and engaging the edges of the panes, the depth of the U-shaped groove at the upper edge of the frame being somewhat greater than twice the height of the short leg of the J-shaped frame and with the upper edge of the panes being spaced from the bottom of the groove of the upper edge of the frame a distance about equal to the height of the short leg of the J-shaped frame and the back leg of the frame extending upwardly beyond the front leg to prevent rearward movement of the lower margin of the pane therebeyond, a triangular recess at the bottom of the groove in the J-shaped frame, and means sealing the edges of the panes in the `frame.

4. The combination in a window of a plurality of corrugated plastic panes having the ribs and grooves running vertically and with lthe panes being overlapped laterally, a metal frame surrounding the panes and having a U-shape in cross -section and engaging the edges of the panes'around the sides and the top, the frame at the bottom of the panes having a J-shape in cross section having a high back leg and a low front leg in cross section and engaging the* edges of the panes, the depth of the U- shaped groove at the upper edge of the frame being somewhat greater than twice the height of the short leg of the J-shaped frame and with the upper edge of the panes being spaced from the bottom of the groove of the upper edge of the frame a distance about equal to the height of the short leg of the J-shaped frame and the back leg of the frame extending lupwardly beyond the front leg to prevent rearward movement of the lower margin of the pane therebeyond, and means sealing the edges of the panes in the frame.

5, The combination in a window of a plurality of panes and with the panes being overlapped laterally, a metal frame surroundingthe panes and having a U-shape in cross section and engaging the edges of the panes around the sides and the top, the frame at the bottom of the panes having a J-shape in cross section having a high back leg and a low front leg in cross section and engaging the edges of the panes, the depth of the U-shaped groove at the upper edge of the lframe being somewhat greater than twice the height of the short leg of the J-shaped frame and with the upper edge of the panes being spaced from the bottom of the groove of the upper edge of the frame a distance about equa-l to the height of the short leg of the J-shaped frame, the short leg of the J-shaped frame member being at the front to permit entry of the upper margin of a pane in the U-shaped groove and swinging its lower margin over said short leg and the long leg extending upwardly therebeyond to stop such swinging movement, and means sealing the edges of the panes in the. frame.

6. The combination in a window of an endless metal frame of substantially rectangular shape, said frame having a generally U-shaped groove and opening towards the center of the frame and downwardly as to the top horizontal frame member, at least three vertically corrugated panes in the frame, the edges of the center pane overlapping the innermost edges of the end panes and the center pane being to the outward side of the end panes, the groove in the upper edge of the vframe being of a depth and the panes having a vertical height allowing their upper edges to be stabbed into the groove of the upper edge of the frame and their lower edges to be swung into the plane of the frame and dropped into the groove of the lower edge of the frame without the upper ends of the panes escaping from the upper edge of the frame, the rear upwardly directed leg of the lowermost horizontal frame member extending upward of the `front leg thereof to stop swinging movement of the panes inwardly thereof, the most lateral edges of the end panes being received in the vertical sides of the frame, sealing means between the frame and the panes, intermediate support means extending vertically 4behind the overlapping pane edges, and fastening means extending through the overlapping pane edges into the support means to prevent the laterally inward displacement of the end panes or the outward displacement of the central pane.

7. The combination in a window of an endless metal frame of substantially rectangular shape, said frame having a generally U-shaped groove and opening towards the center of the frame and downwardly as to the top horizontal frame member, at least three panes in the frame, the edges of the center pane overlapping the innermost edges of the end panes and the center pane being to the outward side of the end panes, the groove in the upper edge of the frame being of a depth and the panes having a vertical height allowing their upper edges to be stabbed into the groove of the upper edge of the frame and their lower edges to be swung into the pl-ane of the frame and dropped into the groove of the lower edge of the frame without the upper ends of the panes escaping from the upper edge of the frame, the rear upwardly directed leg of the lowerrnost horizontal frame member extending upward of the front leg thereof -to stop swinging movement of the panes inwardly thereof, the most lateral edges of the end panes being received in the vertical sides of the frame, and sealing means ybetween the frame and the panes.

8. That method of assembling a plurality of vertically corrugated window panes in an endless rectangular frame having a generally U-shaped groove opening towards the center of the frame which includes the steps of at least partially filling the ygroove with -a caulking compound, stabbing the upper ends of the end panes into the groove on the upper edge of the frame, swinging the lower ends of the panes in the plane of the frame until they drop into the groove on the lower edge of the frame, moving the end panes laterally outwardly until their laterally outward vertical edges iit into the grooves 4in the sides of the frame, then stabbing the upper edge of at least a third pane into the groove of the upper edge of the frame and swinging the lower end of the third pane into the plane of the Iframe and dropping the lower edge of said third pane into the groove on the lower edge of the frame, said panes being selected to have a vertical height and the groove along the upper edge of the frame being cut to have a vertical depth so that the aforesaid operation can Ibe performed and without the panes dropping out of the frame Iwhen assembled, and said third pane being selected to have a width to overlap at least one end pane yand with the vertical corrugations at the overlapping edge of the third pane interftting with the vertical corrugations at the overlapping edge of the end pane, and fastening the panes together in the region of the overlap to prevent relative displacement of the panes.

9. 'Ihat method of assembling a plurality of window panes in an endless rectangular frame having a generally U-sh-aped groove opening towards the center of the frame which includes the steps of stabbing the upper ends of the end panes into the groove on the upper edge of the frame, swinging the lower ends of the panes into the plane of the frame until they drop into the groove on the lower edge of the frame, moving the end panes laterally outwardly until their laterally outward vertical edges fit into the grooves in the sides of the frame, then stabbing the upper edge of at least a third pane into the groove of the upper edge of the frame and swinging the lower end of the third pane into the -plane of the frame and dropping the lower edge of said third pane into the groove on the lower edge of the frame, said panes being selected to have a vertical height and the groove along the upper edge of the frame -being cut to have a vertical depth so that the aforesaid operation can be performed and Without the panes dropping out of the frame when assembled, and said third pane bei-ng selected to have a width to overlap at least one end pane.

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